Tom and I flew down to Hong Kong today, much warmer!!! Managed to get the shorts out! First impressions are it’s a very busy City, and very compact – there’s hardly any space left! It’s a lot more Westernized than Beijing (unsurprisingly) but there’s still a big China influence here. We’re [...]

Winds from Mongolia swept in today! really cold! also means large dust clouds which gets in your throat! Been walking around the city, before meeting Tom at Tiananmen square – which was strange – but good to see a face I know! We went for lunch where the menu had an [...]

Went to see the great wall today, which was more spectacular than I expected.  Was going to do a tour through my hostel but they needed a minimum of 4 people and there was only 3 of us that wanted to do it.  Fortunately an American girl had been on another tour called the ‘Wild [...]

Apparently entry is permitted if you pay 40 yen!  tis worth the 1.50ish pound fee though!  Have been walking around the city today – they said at the hostel take the bus as it is  a long way but I ended up walking all the way in 30 mins (they walk slow here).  I’ve had [...]

Arrived in Beijing about 11pm GMT (7am China Time) – all good cept the chaos that is Heathrow airport meant my bag wasn’t on the plane!    The baggage belt was bust apparently and so 25% of the bags didn’t make it in time to get on the plane!    I was there 3 hours early too, [...]